For over two decades, Coco Rocha has defied fashion industry expectations, balancing her supermodel career with motherhood while working with top brands like Chanel and Vogue. Despite facing setbacks, including contract losses due to pregnancy and backlash over her TikTok presence, she became a key advocate for labor laws protecting underage models. As an entrepreneur, she founded the Coco Rocha Model Camp and co-owns Nomad Management, where she mentors and shapes the next generation of talent.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Teaser
00:42 – How she manages it all: the real support behind Coco
03:00 – The reality of working with her husband
06:15 – How to stay relevant for 20+ years in fashion 08:02 – People gravitate toward how you work, not how you look
08:26 – Will AI models replace humans?
09:10 – The skills AI can't replicate — how human models stay irreplaceable
10:47 – Models should learn from content creators 11:54 – 'There’s no traditional path anymore' — why aspiring models need to throw out the rulebook
13:21 – The backlash from the fashion industry over her TikToks
15:18 – The confession: "I’m actually a stay-at-home mom most of the time"
18:00 – "If you see me on an airplane, I’m crying"
19:33 – Why she chose to have 3 kids while still modeling
21:35 – She lost contracts because she got pregnant — the industry's brutal response to motherhood
22:23 – The law she helped pass that changed fashion forever
23:00 – The unexpected backlash that followed
24:08 – How she deals with hate and negativity
26:20 – The power of not responding right away
27:28 – Coco’s beauty & travel survival tips
29:25 – The craziest thing that happened to her on set 30:42 – What she’d tell her 15-year-old self
32:05 – 'Here’s where I see myself in 5 years'